Indigenous Futures - waałšiʔaƛin (Coming Home)
2018 Social Justice Film Festival

Seattle’s Duwamish tribe welcomes you to the Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center to view three short films and feature film waałšiʔaƛin (Coming Home), followed by a post-film Q&A. In these films, native voices and film tell the stories of reclaiming identity, land, and dignity. Watch Hope and Democracy in action as native peoples stand together in search of healing and a way home.

waałšiʔaƛin explores the modern story of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations, a self-governing nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Throughout history, the Huu-ay-aht have survived natural disasters, famine, war and colonial oppression. Told from the perspectives of several generations, this story is about overcoming the devastating effects of colonization, healing and rebuilding their homelands, restoring the connection to their traditional culture, and bringing their people home.

(Brandon Thompson, Canada, 42 min)

Screens with:

Honor Riders

The story of the Navajo-Hopi Honor Riders, a Native American motorcycle group, originally founded in 2003 to honor the first Native American women killed in Iraq and helped bring a community and America's indigenous nations together.

(Ralphina Hernandez, USA, 26 min)

Protect Our Future Daughters

Over the past thirty years, more than one-thousand Indigenous women went missing or were murdered in North America. The Red Dress Project is saying “no more.”

(Maryanne Junta and Helena Lewis, Canada, 6 min)

Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

For the first time in 150 years, 300 Native Nations unite at Standing Rock to protect Mother Earth against the unlawful pipeline. They lead a peaceful movement of resistance which awakens the world.

(Michele Noble, USA, 23 min)